Shoigu and Manturov held a meeting on the state defense order at the headquarters of the Russian troops

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov visited the headquarters of the joint group of Russian troops, where they held a meeting on the implementation of the state defense order. This was reported by the press service of the defense department.

“At the headquarters of the joint group of Russian troops, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov held a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, as well as representatives of enterprises of the military-industrial complex on the implementation of the state defense order,” the statement says. message.

According to the footage from the meeting, distributed by the Ministry of Defense, in addition to Messrs. Shoigu and Manturov, in particular, Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov took part in the discussion.

In November 2022 Sergei Shoigu informedthat the state defense order in 2023 will be increased by 1.5 times, this will provide the troops with weapons and equipment by 97%. In the middle of June this year, Denis Manturov announced on the fulfillment of the state defense order by almost 100%. At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that the timing of the implementation of the state defense order is affected by the lack of highly qualified specialists at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex.